Thousands of students reported ‘missing’ from school systems nationwide amid COVID-19 pandemic – ABC News

States around the country are reporting a significant decline in the number of students enrolled in public school because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving experts and educators concerned about the trend, and its potential long-term consequences.

A notable number of students seem to have simply fallen off the grid, not showing up for online or in-person instruction, their whereabouts unknown by school officials.

Given the chaos caused by the pandemic, and the lack of data, it is difficult to truly determine the exact magnitude of the problem, which seems to be disproportionately affecting already vulnerable student populations among them homeless students, children with disabilities, children of immigrants, children in foster care and children of color.

via abcnews.go.com

I totally believe this and the consequences will be dire but mitigated by the fact that they were getting precious little education in the first place.